2020 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

WORK LEAVE AFTER PREGNANCY

Work Leave Taken?1

Demographic
Groups
Total
Respond2
Paid Leave Only Unpaid Leave Only Paid and Unpaid Leave No Leave
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 422 173 43.0 37.4-48.7 153 35.4 30.1-41.1 56 12.0 8.7-16.1 40 9.7 6.6-13.9
Age
< 25 years 50 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
25-34 years 272 116 45.1 38.2-52.2 97 35.1 28.6-42.2 34 11.3 7.5-16.6 25 8.5 5.2-13.4
35+ years 100 *** *** *** 28 25.4 16.9-36.4 20 19.4 11.8-30.1 *** *** ***
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 240 114 50.7 43.3-58.1 70 27.7 21.5-34.8 31 10.0 6.6-14.9 25 11.6 7.4-17.9
Non-Hispanic Black 89 *** *** *** *** *** *** 11 13.5 6.7-25.2 12 10.6 5.0-20.9
Non-Hispanic Other 16 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 58 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Education
< High School 27 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
High School 61 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
> High School 334 156 49.5 43.2-55.9 107 30.8 25.1-37.0 48 13.2 9.4-18.1 23 6.6 4.0-10.5
Marital Status
Married 284 138 52.4 45.5-59.2 84 29.7 23.6-36.5 42 12.0 8.3-16.8 20 6.0 3.5-10.0
Other 138 35 25.7 18.1-35.1 69 46.0 36.2-56.1 14 12.0 6.5-20.9 20 16.4 9.8-26.0
Medicaid recipient
No 273 140 54.0 47.1-60.8 69 26.0 20.3-32.6 48 14.5 10.4-20.0 16 5.5 3.1- 9.5
Yes 149 33 22.0 15.1-31.0 84 53.3 43.2-63.2 *** *** *** 24 17.6 10.9-27.3
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 141 44 31.3 23.8-39.8 58 40.8 32.6-49.6 21 13.0 8.4-19.6 18 14.9 9.5-22.7
2500+ grams 281 129 44.0 38.0-50.2 95 35.0 29.2-41.1 35 11.9 8.4-16.4 22 9.2 6.0-13.8

1Asked only of mothers who reported having returned or planning to return to the job they had.
2Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50.

*** This estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards.
N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).

The percentages shown are weighted percentages, designed to reflect the entire population of North Carolina women having a live birth.
The overall weighted response rate in 2020 was 45%.

This page was generated on 06SEP22

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